Albert Robert Ivall (1906-1990)

Albert Robert Ivall was a son of Percy and Alice Ivall. There is an article about Percy's life on this blog.

The following item appeared in the Sutton and Epsom Advertiser dated 17 January 1935, when Albert was aged 28.

10s in 1935 is equivalent to about £115 in 2023 (relative to the wage of the average worker).

Albert Edward Ivall (1902-87): Engineer

Albert Edward Ivall (known as Ted) was a great grandson of David Ivall (1795-1850), a successful coach maker who was a brother and business partner of my ancestor Thomas Ivall (1781-1835). David left £5,000 (a substantial sum of money then) to each of his six children when he died. The youngest was Albert Ivall (1839-97), who apparently lost most of his inheritance between 1861 and 1871, when he was a farmer. He was declared bankrupt in 1875 following a court case brought against him by the Mayor and Corporation of Hastings. His eldest son was Albert Ivall junior (1862-1905), the father of Albert Edward Ivall.

In 1891, Albert Ivall junior married Clara Amelia Stock in Poplar, East London. They had six children, namely Mabel Edith (1892-1963), Ethel Clara (1893-1959), Albert Clifford and David William (twins born in 1896 who both died in 1897), Harold Victor (1900-85) and Albert Edward, who was born on August 4^th 1902 in Poplar. Albert’s father ran a grocer’s shop at 10 White Post Lane, Poplar. The site of this building (which no longer exists) was near Hackney Wick tube station, just to the west of the Olympic Park. Albert was baptised on August 24^th 1902 at St Mark’s Church, Victoria Park.

Albert’s father died in 1905 aged 43 of “phthisis”, another name for tuberculosis. His will left his entire estate (£608 net) to his wife, Clara. She managed to get Harold and Albert into a school for orphans at Wanstead, on the edge of Epping Forest. Entry was by election only. These were normally held in a tavern in Fleet Street or Ludgate Hill and at The London Tavern in Bishopsgate Street. Albert got 1,209 votes in the election held in May 1908. The 1911 census shows Albert (aged 8) and his brother Harold (10) at the school. It was renamed Royal Wanstead School in 1939 and closed in 1971. The school building is now Snaresbrook Crown Court.

Albert’s mother (Clara) moved to Sussex. Trade Directories for 1909, 1911 and 1913 list her under the heading “Apartments” and give her address as 29 Gensing Road, St Leonards, Hastings. In 1916 and 1920 she is listed as a dress maker at 100 Burford Road, Nottingham. Electoral registers for 1922 to 1924 show Clara and her son Harold living at 56 Noel Street, Nottingham. Albert would have been too young to be listed on the 1922 electoral register.

 

Albert in 1919 (aged 16)

Albert decided to emigrate to Australia. Shipping records show that he travelled third class on board the SS Orsova (an ocean liner owned by the Orient Shipping Line), leaving London on April 1^st 1922 and arriving at Freemantle on May 4^th 1922. He was listed as aged 19, an engineering apprentice, home address 56 Noel Street, Nottingham. In 1925 electoral registers show that Albert was a farm hand living at Yorkrakine, Toodyay, Western Australia. Toodyay, is a small town on the Avon River in the wheatbelt region of Western Australia, 85 kilometres north-east of Perth. He later returned to England, arriving at Tilbury on March 17^th 1930, having travelled 3^rd class on the SS Orsova from Freemantle. He was then aged 27, an engineer with 56 Noel Street, Nottingham as his proposed address.

On September 21^st 1935, Albert married Evelyn Gertrude Parsons at Holy Trinity Church, Nottingham. He was aged 33, an excavator driver living at 56 Noel St. She was aged 30, living at 37 Forest Row, a daughter of George Alfred Parsons, a retired outfitter. They went on to bring up two children, a girl and a boy.

The 1939 register shows Albert and Evelyn living at 15 Wolverton Road, Birmingham and gives his occupation as “aero detail fitter”. Electoral registers for 1945, 1950 and 1955 also show Albert and Evelyn living at 15 Wolverton Road, Northfield, Birmingham. This is quite near Austin Motors at Longbridge, where Albert worked for many years.

One of Albert’s nieces recalls that he had a cheerful personality and would exchange banter with his brother Harold when they met.

Albert in 1955

Margaret Rose Ivall, Albert and Evelyn’s daughter, married in 1960. Sadly she died suddenly of heart failure in 1974 aged only 35.

Albert retired in 1967 and continued to live at 15 Wolverton Road until he died on 27^th May 1987 aged 84 at West Heath Hospital, Birmingham. He was cremated at Lodge Hill Cemetery in Selly Oak, Birmingham and his ashes were scattered in the Garden of Remembrance there. His wife Evelyn died in 1995 aged 91.

Ethel Clara Ivall (1893-1959), Nurse

Ethel Clara Ivall was a great granddaughter of David Ivall (1795-1850), a highly successful coach maker. His youngest child was Albert Ivall (1839-97), who married Maria Streeter in 1861. Their eldest son was Albert Ivall junior (1862-1905), the father of Ethel.

In 1891, Albert Ivall junior married Clara Amelia Stock in Poplar, East London. They had six children, namely Mabel Edith (1892-1963), Ethel Clara (1893-1959), Albert Clifford and David William (twins born in 1896 who both died in 1897), Harold Victor (1900-1985) and Albert Edward (1902-1987). Ethel was born in Paddington on December 12^th 1893 and baptised on January 28^th 1894 at St Mary’s Church, Paddington Green.

The 1901 census shows Albert Ivall (aged 39, a grocery and provision dealer), his wife Clara (33) and children Mabel (8), Ethel (7) and Harold (4 months) plus a domestic servant living at 10 White Post Lane, a grocery shop in Hackney Wick. The building no longer exists.

Albert Ivall (Ethel’s father) died in 1905 aged 43 of “phthisis” (another name for tuberculosis), when Ethel was aged 11. His will left his entire estate (£608 net) to his wife, Clara.

I can’t find Ethel in the 1911 census. She wasn’t with her mother Clara, who appears as an apartment house keeper living at 29 Gensing Road, St Leonards on Sea, Sussex with her daughter Mabel (a sewing machinist).

Nursing Registers on Ancestry show that Ethel studied for a nursing certificate at Hull Royal Infirmary between 1918 (when she was 24) and 1922. She became a registered nurse on June 15^th 1923 in London. The registers give her address as 56 Noel St, Nottingham between 1926 and 1934 and 242 Perry Road, Sherwood, Nottingham between 1937 and 1946.

Electoral Registers record that Ethel was living with her mother Clara and brother Albert in 1930 and 1931, at 56 Noel Road, Nottingham.

The 1939 Register lists Ethel, a trained nurse, single, at 242 Perry Road, Nottingham with her mother Clara (who died in 1947). Ethel  was a matron at Sherwood Hospital. One of her nieces remembers her as a very pleasant person.

Ethel in 1955

Ethel died in 1959 aged 65 of leukaemia in Nottingham. She was cremated and is commemorated on her mother’s gravestone in the Northern Cemetery, Bulwell, Nottingham. The inscription reads

“In loving memory of CLARA AMELIA IVALL who died April 25^th 1947 aged 79 years.

Also of ALBERT IVALL husband of above who died March 3^rd 1905 aged 43 years. At rest. Interred at Manor Park Cemetery, Essex.

Also their beloved daughter ETHEL CLARA died Jan 29^th 1959. Cremated.”

Probate records say

IVALL Ethel Clara of 242 Perry Rd, Sherwood, Nottingham, spinster, died 29 January 1959 at The General Hospital, Nottingham. Probate Nottingham 11 May to Harold Victor Ivall turner and Albert Edward Ivall fitter. Effects £3,852 17s 9d.

Henry Martin Arthur Palliser Heywood (1866-1949) – NZ Businessman

Henry Martin Arthur Palliser Heywood was a grandson of David Ivall (1795-1850), a successful coachmaker in London. David's daughter Emma Ivall (1835-1886) married Joseph Martin Heywood (1832-1904) and emigrated to New Zealand. Henry was the sixth of their eight children (5 girls and 3 boys). He was born on April 20^th 1866 in Avonside, Christchurch, New Zealand. Joseph developed a successful business as a merchant and shipping agent in Christchurch (see the item about Emma Heywood nee Ivall on this blog).

After he completed his schooling, Henry got a job in 1887 working as a clerk for the Treasury Department of the New Zealand government in Wellington. He married Lilian Lee on December 18^th 1895 in Wellington, New Zealand. He was aged 29, she was 24. They later had five children: Nola (1898-1935), Arthur Lee (1902-79), Ivall Cora (1904-79), Robert Warwick (1906-96) and Barbara Lilian (1911-67).

In 1896, Henry became a sheep and dairy farmer near Pahiatua, a small town 160 km NE of Wellington. In 1903 he bought part ownership of the Colonial Carrying Company in Wellington, becoming its sole owner in 1910.

Henry was one of the 22 nephews and nieces of his uncle David James Ivall (1830-73) who each received about £500 from his estate in 1909, following the death of David's wife in 1907. This was a substantial sum then, equivalent to about £163,000 now.

In 1935 Henry purchased the Wellington business of the N.Z. Express Company. More information about Henry’s business career is given in the item below.

Item from New Zealand Who's Who

Henry died on November 10^th 1949 aged 84 and was cremated at Karori Cemetery, Wellington.

Plaque in Karori Cemetery

Henry's wife Lilian died in 1959 aged 88.

Mulberry and its Ivall connection

Mulberry is an upmarket fashion company known internationally for its leather goods, especially women’s handbags. The company was founded in 1971 by Roger Saul with the assistance of his mother Joan Saul nee Legg. Joan is a great granddaughter of Kate Bainbrigge Legg nee Ivall (1836-1917). Kate was a daughter of David Ivall (1795-1850), a highly successful coachmaker.

Roger Saul was ousted from Mulberry in 2003 following a boardroom coup in 2002. The Daily Mail published an article about Roger, based on an interview with him in 2011. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2018144/The-man-lost-Mulberry--billion-pound-fortune-says-hes-NOT-bitter-amazing-success.html. 
It contains pictures of Roger plus information about his business life.

The BBC programme Countryfile broadcast on October 23rd 2016 contained an item about Roger's project to grow a commercial crop of walnuts on his farm in Somerset. Radio Times published an article about this, which is shown below (click on it to read the missing RHS text).

From Radio Times 22 - 28 October 2016

Kenneth Bolton Legg (1889-1990): Surveyor and Centenarian

Kenneth Bolton Legg was a grandson of Kate Bainbrigge Legg nee Ivall (1836-1917), a daughter of David Ivall (1795-1850), who was a successful coachmaker. David was a brother and business partner of my ancestor Thomas Ivall (1781-1835).

Kenneth was born on 25 November 1889 in the North London suburb of Crouch End. His parents were Frederick George Ivall Legg, a heating and ventilation engineer and Emily Eliza Legg nee Bolton. Kenneth was baptised on 9 February 1890 at Christ Church, Crouch End. The 1891 census shows Frederick (aged 32) and Emily (33) Legg living at 16 Shanklin Rd, Crouch End with their sons Frederick (6) and Kenneth (1), two boarders and a servant.

Kenneth and his mother Emily Eliza

Kenneth’s mother died in 1894 when she was aged 34 and he was 4. His father remarried in 1896 – to Emily Burnett who was aged 25. They had a child, Elsie Beryl Legg, in 1900. In 1901, the family were living at a house called “Ivall” at 4 Bromley Common, Bromley. The household consisted of Frederick (aged 41, a mechanical and electrical engineer), Emily (30), Frederick (16), Kenneth (11), Elsie (7 months), a cook, nursemaid and nurse. From the number of domestic staff employed, the family seem to have been comfortably off. Electoral registers show Frederick George Ivall Legg at this address from 1896 to 1905. In 1907 he is listed at "Ivall", Southborough Road, Bickley.

Kenneth attended the privately run Bromley High School until he was aged 15. In 1905, his father found him a job as a junior clerk in the office of the Goods Manager, London, Brighton and South Coast Railway. In 1910, legislation was passed to tax land values. Kenneth was moved to the Estate Office to assist the surveying work required for this.

Frederick George Ivall Legg in 1908

The 1911 census shows Kenneth, aged 21, as a draughtsman in the Estate Department of a Railway Company. He was living at White House, Purley Downs, Purley with his father Frederick (aged 52, a consulting mechanical engineer in the catering industry), stepmother Emily (40), half sister Elsie (10) and a domestic servant. The house had nine rooms and so was presumably quite spacious.

Kenneth’s stepmother Emily in 1911

Germany invaded Belgium on 4^th August 1914 and Britain declared war on Germany in response. Only eight days later, on 12^th August 1914, Kenneth volunteered for Army service, joining the 2^nd Battalion City of London (Royal Fusiliers) as a Private. He was by then aged 24 years 8 months and a qualified surveyor employed by the London Bridge & Southern Counties Railway Estate Office at London Bridge. His height is given as 5 foot 9 inches on his attestation papers, part of Kenneth’s army record which is held by the National Archives at Kew. He was posted to Malta on 5^th September 1914 as part of an expeditionary force sent to protect this important naval base. On 6^th January 1915 he was sent to fight in France. Kenneth applied for a commission on 13 February 1915. This was granted on 24 March 1915, when he was appointed to the rank of 2^nd Lieutenant.

On 10th February 1917, Kenneth married Olive Emily Howes at Saint Margaret’s Church, Plumstead. He was aged 27, a Lieutenant HM Land Forces, address 22nd Training Essex Battalion, St Albans. She was aged 22, living at 74 Dallin Road, Plumstead, the daughter of Edward John Howes, a farmer. Olive worked at Woolwich Arsenal, making small-arms ammunition.

Kenneth was injured at Ypres on 20^th September 1917. He left his unit on 23^rd September 1917 and was sent to the UK, arriving at Southampton on 23^rd October 1917. A medical board on 29^th October 1917 reported that “He sustained a wound to instep of right foot. The origin is uncertain whether it was due to shrapnel or to a bayonet wound accidentally inflicted by himself. The wound became very septic and has had to be opened on 2 occasions and drained. Not yet healed. No TB present.” A medical board on 13^th April 1918 reported that he had recovered.

He was wounded again in October 1918 in the Battle of Courtai, while serving with the 26th Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers. This was one of a series of battles in Northern France and Southern Belgium that pushed the Germans back prior to the end of the war on 11^th November 1918. A medical board on 6^th November 1918 stated “When in action on 25.10.18, he sustained a GSW of the left calf severe. A shell fragment entered the left calf, causing a large wound and becoming impacted in the muscle. It was removed through the entrance wound. The wound is not yet healed.” (GSW means Gun Shot Wound). Kenneth was treated at the 2^nd Western General Hospital, Manchester. He was discharged from the army 29^th March 1919 and was awarded the Victory, British and 15 Star campaign medals. In 1981 Kenneth wrote some notes about his life. He summarised his war service as follows

“I was not a very good soldier but certainly fortunate. In from the first week to the end with two blyghties (one instep, one calf), I was only in the line itself for three months.”

 Kenneth in 1916

After Kenneth was discharged from the army, he returned to his job with the Railway and moved to Chartlands Cottage, which was near Westerham in Kent. Olive and Kenneth Legg had three children namely Joan (born 1919 in Streatham), John G (born 1922 in Godstone, Surrey died 1927 of leukaemia) and Brian Bolton Legg (born 1932 in Wandsworth, died 2003). In 1922, the family moved to 41 Common Road, Earlswood, Surrey and then Croham Lodge, Croham Rd, Croydon. In 1925, Kenneth got a job with Hillier, Parker, May and Rowden, a company that specialised in letting business premises, especially to shops like Woolworths, C & A and British Home Stores, who were then opening chains across the country. Kenneth’s job was to build up an investment department by encouraging investment in commercial property.

Electoral registers show Kenneth and Olive living at 2 Stanley House, Albion Road, North Clapham in 1928 and 1929, at 4 Grant House, Albion Road, North Clapham in 1931, at 31A Old Town, North Clapham in 1932 and 1933 and at 74A Thurleigh Road, Battersea in 1935 and 1936. Kenneth’s memoirs say that on Sundays, he and Olive used to catch a bus into the countryside to do a walk of about 12 miles, so it seems that he had recovered from his war wounds. In 1937, the family moved to Wildcroft, Coombe Park, Kingston Hill. The 1939 national register lists Kenneth and Olive at this address and shows that he was an ARP (air raid precaution) warden and she was an ARP ambulance driver. Wildcroft was bombed and badly damaged in 1940, Kenneth and his family having a narrow escape from injury. It was rebuilt soon after the war. In 1948, Kenneth, Olive and their son Brian moved to a house called “Southover”, in Colgate, near Horsham in Sussex.

Over the years, Kenneth did well with Hillier, Parker, May and Rowden and was promoted. In his work, he met with Chairmen and Managing Directors of London based companies, including Harold MacMillan (who later became Prime Minister). When Kenneth retired in 1955 aged 65, he was the senior partner in the firm. 

Around 1954, Kenneth, Olive and Brian moved to a 100 acre farm called Stonewall, 6 miles north of Ipswich. Olive and Brian farmed it for about six years, Olive running the animals and Brian the fields. Brian married in 1960 and then Kenneth and Olive moved to Dunburgh, a hamlet near Beccles in Norfolk, where they built a bungalow called “Dunburgh Meadow”. They lived there until 1973, when they moved to a house called “Pines” in Beccles.

Olive died in 1981 aged 87. Kenneth reached the age of 101 before he died on 9 December 1990 at Clare Hall Nursing Home, Ston Eastern, near Bath. He is the only one of my relations (that I know of) to reach 100. He was one of about 4,000 centenarians (of which about 400 were men) alive in England and Wales when he died. Since then the number of centenarians has risen sharply. In 2008 there were 9,600 (of which 1,200 were men).

Kenneth's estate had a gross value of £100,861. His will (made in 1984), left most of it to his daughter Joan, son Brian and seven grandchildren.

James Ivall (1867-1922) : Bookmaker and Racehorse Owner

As the Grand National is this weekend, I am posting an expanded version of my item on James Ivall, who owned a horse that ran in the 1921 race.

James Ivall was a grandson of David Ivall (1795-1850, a successful coachmaker) who was the younger brother of Thomas Ivall (1781-1835), my great, great, great grandfather.

James was born on 25 May 1867 in Marylebone, the fifth of nine children, the first four of which died in infancy. His father was James Ivall (1832-1896) who was a coach maker (1861), later became a dairyman (1871), then a coach maker again (1881 and 91) and finally a tobacconist (1896). His mother was Sarah Ivall nee Benn (1839-1904). James was baptized on 22 Aug 1867 at St Mary Magdalene, Paddington, which was near 11 Cellbridge Place, Paddington where the family were living.

The 1871 census shows James Ivall senior (aged 39) his wife Sarah (31) and their children James (4), William (2) and Edith (1) living at 120 Talbot Road, Kensington. I can’t find James Ivall junior in the 1881 census – he is not listed with his family. Perhaps he was at a boarding school.

James became an engineer. In 1891, he was an engine maker fitter, aged 23, lodging at 13 Paradise Terrace, Hunslet, Yorkshire. On 7 December 1892, James married Rose Amelia Idle (b 1872 in Twickenham, her father was a boot maker) at St Mary’s Church Hampton. He was aged 25, an engine fitter and she was 20. James’s brother William and sister Edith were witnesses.

Electoral registers show James Ivall living at 56 Eccles Rd, Wandsworth in 1898 and 1899. The 1901 census shows James Ivall aged 33 living at 2A Schubert Road, Wandsworth, London with his wife Rose (28), brother-in-law Frank Idle (18, a barman), his wife’s niece Edith Lyford (9) and a domestic servant. The occupation given for James is “commission agent” ie bookmaker. James and Rose had no children.

James became one of the largest bookmakers of his time. He would have taken bets at race meetings - bookmaking shops were not legal when he was operating. He also owned several racehorses. For example, he owned a 5 year old horse called All Round, which came second in the Novices Steeplechase at Gatwick on 1 February 1900 (the results were given in The Times the following day).

National Hunt racing colours (blue and white stripes), registered in 1901 by James Ivall (drawing by Dennis Ivall)

The bookmaking business run by James Ivall was placed into receivership in 1906. The London Gazette of 12 February 1907 records that creditors of James Ivall (sued as Isaac White) of 172 Falcon Road, Clapham, lately carrying on a business at 75 High Street Balham, were to be paid 10s in the pound.

In 1909, James inherited approximately £500 (equivalent to about £180,000 now) from his uncle David James Ivall, whose will instructed his residual estate to be divided after his wife’s death amongst his nephews and nieces alive at the time of his death (which was in 1873). There were 22 of them and the National Archives has a Chancery Court document listing their names. David’s widow (Lea Mathilde Ivall) died in 1907, which meant that the money could then be allocated.

The address of James in 1909 was Lynwood, Foxley Lane, Purley. It was also his address at the time of the 1911 census which shows James (43, a commission agent), his wife Rose (38), her niece Edith Lyford (19), a housemaid and a cook living there. The census return shows the house to have 11 rooms, so it must have been substantial. The 1915 and 1919 electoral registers show that the house was 121 Foxley Lane.

121 Foxley Lane (now called Oakwood) in 2015

In 1915, the government banned horse racing at all venues except Newmarket, to avoid disrupting the war effort. The Evening Telegraph dated 27 May 1915 reported that the National Sporting League held a meeting in London about this, at which “Mr James Ivall presided.” Resolutions opposing the ban were agreed and passed.

The London Telephone Directory for 1916 lists “James Ivall, agent” at Lynwood, Foxley Lane, Purley. Presumably “agent” means commission agent. The following horses were shown as owned by him on the racing pages of The Daily Mirror in 1919 : Santfreda, Prevoyant, Julian, Lady Raja. James had a runner – Rock Ahoy – in the 1921 Grand National.

James also became a nurseryman. The 1913 London Telephone Directory has an entry for Ivall and Brighton, Nurserymen, Shirley. The London Gazette dated 30 December 1919 contained the following item :

“Notice is hereby given that the Partnership lately subsisting between us, the undersigned James Ivall and Fred Brighton, carrying on business as Wholesale Nurseryman at The Nurseries, Shirley, Croydon, in the county of Surrey, under the style or firm of IVALL & BRIGHTON has this day been dissolved by mutual consent. All debts due to or owing by the said late firm will be received and paid by the said James Ivall, who will continue the said business. As witness our hands this tenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen.”

The 1921 census shows James Ivall (54, a commision agent), his wife Rose (48), her niece Eveline Idle (35), a visitor Ada Gibson (47), a cook and a housemaid at 6 Foxley Lane, Purley.                                                            

James died on 20 January 1922 (the day my mother was born!) at the Trinity Nursing Home, Falkland Road, Torquay. He was aged 54. An obituary was printed in the Yorkshire Post:

 DEATH OF A WELL-KNOWN BOOKMAKER

 A WEAKNESS FOR “FREAK” BETS

The death took place yesterday morning of Mr James Ivall, better known as “Ike White”, one of the leading bookmakers in Tattersall’s Ring. Genial and hearty, he was popular with all classes of racegoers, and he gave freely to deserving charities. He was fond of making “freak” bets and on one occasion laid and lost a wager of £100 to a cigar during the running of a race.

Mr Ivall had horses in training with Cecil Young and Bennett. Rock Ahoy was to have carried his colours at Plumpton yesterday. Prevoyant won many races for Mr Ivall, both before and after the war. A goat used to accompany this peculiar-tempered horse to the race meetings.

(Tattershall’s Ring is the enclosure at racecourses where established bookmakers are located.)

Probate on the estate of James Ivall was granted on 25 May 1922 to Rose Ivall (his widow), Percy Ivall (his brother) and George Idle (his brother-in-law ?). Percy and George were commission agents. The Times printed the following item in its Estates section on 31 May 1922

“Mr JAMES IVALL (better known as “Ike White”) of Weybourne, Foxley Lane, Purley, bookmaker, for many years prominent in Tattershall’s Ring and owner of several racehorses, who died at Torquay on 20 January 1922, left estate of the gross value of £10,866 with net personalty £8,112.” (equivalent to about £1,450,000 now).

James had made a will in 1911 and amended it with a codicil in 1914. Under the amended will, his estate was invested to provide an income for his wife Rose. On her death his residuary estate was divided into 16 shares, one each going to his 11 nephews and nieces (the 5 children of his brother Henry namely Marjorie, Patricia, Henry, Percy and Dorothy and the 6 surviving children of his brother Percy that is Edith, Alice, Percy, May, Albert, Doris), one each going to his wife’s nieces Winnie Idle and Maude Lyford. Three shares went to his wife’s niece Edith Lyford.

Rose Ivall died in 1923 in Purley aged 51. James and Rose Ivall are buried in grave L144 in Bandon Hill Cemetery, Wallington, Sutton. The cemetery is full and so grants new burial rights in graves which have not been used in the previous 75 years. John Clemson (who was not related to James and Rose) was buried in grave L144 in 2001 and the plot now has a headstone with his name on it. The cemetery office tell me that the memorial to James and Rose was a rustic granite cross inscribed "In loving memory of James Ivall, who died January 20th 1922 aged 54 years. Also of Rose Amelia, dearly beloved wife of the above, who died August 8th 1923 aged 51 years." It was removed in 2000 and broken up.

Albert Ivall (1839-97) : Farmer, haulage contractor and dairyman

I have recently found some new information about Albert's life and so am re-issuing this item.

Albert Ivall was born 26 January 1839 in St Pancras, the youngest of seven children born to David Ivall (1795 - 1850) and his wife Martha nee James (1796 - 1853). He was christened on 22 February 1839 in St Pancras Church. Albert’s father David was the younger brother of Thomas Ivall (1781 - 1835), my great, great, great grandfather. Albert’s siblings were David James (1830-73), Martha James Brisco (1831-99), James (1832-96), Laura (1833-39), Emma (1835-86) and Kate Bainbrigge (1836-1917).

The 1841 census shows David Ivall aged 45 a coach maker living at 158 Tottenham Court Road, St Pancras with his wife Martha (45) and their children Emma (6), Kate (4) and Albert (2). In 1845 the family moved to 14 Blomfield Road, Paddington, a large house which still exists (it has been renumbered as 24).

David Ivall (Albert’s father) died in 1850 and left an estate worth £35,000 (about £2,100,000 in modern terms). This was administered by the Court of Chancery. In the 1851 census, Albert (aged 12) is shown at Streatham Academy, Croydon Rd, Streatham. The school had 3 teachers and 30 pupils aged 9-16.

Martha, Albert’s mother, died in 1853 when he was 14. David James Ivall, his eldest brother aged 23 in 1853, was appointed as Albert’s guardian together with Anne Caroline Kingston (aged 38 in 1853), the wife of William Wykeham Kingston (51). In 1853 the Court of Chancery awarded £80 pa for the future maintenance and education of Albert.

The Court of Chancery records contain a document stating that Albert was to be apprenticed to James Rock of Hastings, Coach Builder, for 5 years from 26 January 1855 (Albert’s sixteenth birthday). James Rock was paid £250 and Albert’s wages were set at 6s per week in the first year, 7s in the second, 8s in the third, 10s in the fourth and 12s in the fifth. The amount that his guardians were allocated to spend on Albert’s maintenance and education was increased to £130 pa. The 1861 census shows James Rock Jnr, aged 42, a coach builder master employing 50 men. He was also an Alderman of the Borough of Hastings.

Albert inherited £5,000 (equivalent to about £320,000 now, calculated in relation to average earnings) from his father’s estate in 1860 when he was 21. The 1861 census shows Albert, aged 22, as a lodger in the house of John and Harriett Hogg at 7 Trinity Street, Hastings. It seems that coach making did not appeal to Albert - his occupation is given as “retired coachman”.

Later in 1861 Albert married Maria Streeter (b1840 St Leonards, Sussex) in Hastings. She was 21, the daughter of a baker and confectioner. He was aged 22. They had four children, namely Albert (1862 - 1905), Emma (1863 - 1904), David (1867 - 1897) and Harry (1869 - 1935).

Kelly's Post Office Directory for 1867 has the following entries :

Private : Mr. Albert Ivall, 2 Blomfield Terrace, St Leonards-On-Sea
Commercial : Albert Ivall, dairy farmer, Chapel Farm, Bohemia, Hastings

The London Gazette of 6 December 1867 contains a bankruptcy notice for James Ivall, Albert’s brother. It says that all of James’s estate and effects had been assigned to Albert Ivall (of Chapel Farm, Hastings, a farmer) as his Trustee to be administered for the benefit of his creditors.

The Sussex Advertiser dated 7 December 1867 contained the following item :

“George Bond, labourer, on remand from Monday charged with stealing two fowls belonging to Mr Albert Ivall of Chapel Farm, was again brought up. Prisoner pleaded guilty and was sentenced to one month’s hard labour.”

In 1870, Albert was taken to court over some cattle he had sold. A newspaper report on the case begins as shown below

 Hastings and St Leonards Observer, 18 June 1870 

The judge did not think the evidence conclusive that the heifers were in calf at the time that they were sold and so rejected the claim against Albert.

The 1871 census lists Albert Ivall aged 32 as a farmer of 110 acres employing 5 men and 2 boys. He was living at 12 Magdalen Terrace, Hastings with his wife Maria, their children Albert (9), Emma (7), David (4) Harry (1), a general servant and a nurse.

Later in 1871, Albert gave up the tenancy of his farm to Charles Gilbert Eversfield and Walter Harris. The East Sussex Record Office in Lewes has a valuation book with an entry dated Nov 6^th 1871 giving an inventory and valuation of the livestock, crops and equipment on the farm (Hulls or Fieldings) in the parish of St Mary in the Castle, Hastings. The total value was £570-1-5, which the new tenants paid to Albert.

Albert became a haulage contractor. In 1872, one of his employees was prosecuted for ill-treating a horse that was pulling a cart but was unfit for work. He pleaded guilty but said that he was acting on the instructions of his master. As a result, Albert was charged with cruelty to the animal. He pleaded not guilty. The court found Albert guilty of the charge and fined him £1. The case was reported in detail by the Hastings & St Leonard Observer dated 2 March 1872.

Albert worked as a contractor for Mr Moreing, a wealthy Hastings builder and landowner. Mr Moreing wanted a large quantity (6,000 cart loads) of soil removed from a site near the sea front and instructed Albert to deposit it on the beach, hoping that the tide would wash it away. In fact it caused a considerable nuisance and the council filed a bill stopping further deposits. Mr Moreing contested the council’s order in Albert Ivall’s name and “Mayor and Corporation of Hastings v Ivall” was heard in the Vice Chancellor’s court in London in 1874. The case lasted 9 days and was reported in the national (The Times and Daily Telegraph) and local press. Both sides were represented by QCs. The Hastings and St Leonards Chronicle of March 11^th 1874 reported :

“Mr Albert Ivall was cross examined by Mr Glasse QC. He said he was in Hastings for 19 years and he ought to be there now. Before he went to Hastings he was a schoolboy. He and four others were now carrying on the business of a dairyman at Bayswater. He superintended the business. He was a married man and his wife and family lived at Kingston-on-Thames. The business belonged to his brother. His remuneration was uncertain. Sometimes he got £1 a week. He was indemnified by Mr Moreing so far as concerned his counsel’s fees but not as to any costs the court might award against him.”

(Albert’s brother was James Ivall (1832 - 1896). His dairy business was at 120 Talbot Road, Westbourne Park, which is north of Hyde Park in London.)

When Vice Chancellor Sir R Malins delivered his judgement in June 1874 it was in favour of the Hastings Corporation. Part of his judgement was :

“The defendant Ivall is now engaged as a journeyman milkman in the neighbourhood of London at the wages of 20s to 30s a week and may possibly never see Hastings again, so he has not the slightest interest in the result of this enormous litigation and has certainly no means to pay the costs of it, though he has an indemnity, as he states, from Mr Moreing. He is in fact the mere tool of Mr Moreing, who carries on the contest as he likes, and thereby escapes the peril of having to pay costs, though he may have the benefit of the litigation…
…The defendant must pay the whole costs of this suit. In making the order that he must do so, I am aware of its futility, and I regret that it is not in my power to make Mr Moreing pay the costs of this enormous litigation.”

The costs awarded against Albert resulted in his bankruptcy. The London Gazette of 9 April 1875 announced that a meeting of the creditors of Albert Ivall, of 10 Thames Street, Kingston-upon-Thames was to be held on 1^st May 1875.William Maton of 151, Gray’s Inn Road, an auctioneer, was appointed Trustee of Albert’s property. 

The Post Office Directories for 1874 to 1884 have the following entries for Albert :

1874	Albert Ivall, 4 Kings Rd, Kingston
1877	Albert Ivall, dairyman, Portsmouth St, WC
1878	Albert Ivall, 12 Silchester Rd, St Leonards
1880	Albert Ivall, dairyman, 132 Salmon’s Lane, E
1881	Albert Ivall, dairyman, 132 Salmon’s Lane & 5 Dock St, London Docks
1882, 83	Albert Ivall, dairyman, 145 Manor Place, Walworth
1884	Albert Ivall, dairyman, 145 Manor Place, Walworth & 10 York St, Walworth
1885 on	No entry for Albert Ivall

The Hastings and St Leonards Observer dated 15 June 1878 contained the following item :

“ACCIDENT – A serious accident happened on Thursday to Mr Albert Ivall, living in Silchester Road. He fell down two steps outside his house and, after being seen by Dr Ticehurst, was removed to the Infirmary, where it was found that he had fractured both bones of the right leg. He is now progressing as favourably as possible.”

The 1881 census shows Albert aged 42, a dairyman, living at 3 Long Lane, Southwark with his children Albert (19, also a dairyman), Emma (17), David (14, a solicitor‘s clerk) and Harry (11). Albert’s wife, Maria, is listed as a visitor at her mother’s address in Hastings.

Albert’s son, David married in 1886. The marriage record lists his father as Albert Ivall, retired, so he had ceased work as dairyman by then.

In 1891 Albert (aged 52, no occupation given) was living at 33 Manor St, Clapham with his wife Maria (50), their sons Albert (29, a grocer’s assistant) and David (25, a boot salesman). Also listed at the address was their grandson William A Freestone (3), the son of their daughter Emma who had married William Stafford Freestone in 1886.

Kelly’s 1896 Directory for the Southern Suburbs of London lists Albert Ivall at 55 Studley Rd, Clapham.

It seems that Martha, Albert’s eldest sister, lent Albert some money. Her will, dated May 1897 says “I forgive and release my brother Albert from moneys due from him to me at the time of my death” (she died in 1899).

Albert died on 22 June 1897 aged 58 at 55 Studley Rd, Clapham. The death certificate gives the cause of death as phthisis (chronic), debility, exhaustion. This corresponds to progressive wasting disease caused by pulmonary tuberculosis, which was common at this time. The informant was his daughter Emma Freestone, who was present at the death. There is no record of probate being granted on his estate. His wife Maria lived until 1921 when she died aged 81 in Upton Park, West Ham. Probate was granted to Harry Ivall, a draper’s assistant, who was the only one of her children still alive. The value of her estate was £217.

David Roger Ivall (1973-2009), victim of car crash

David Roger Ivall is descended from David Ivall (1795-1850) via James Ivall (1832-96), Henry Thomas Ivall (1874-1956), Percy David Ivall (1912-47) and Graham Roger Ivall (1944-93).

He was born on 27 August 1973 in the Truro Registration District, the second of two children born to Graham Roger Ivall (1944-93) and his wife Janet. According to telephone directories, Graham lived at 23 Berry Rd, Newquay from 1980 to 1987.

David had two children, both of whom were born in the Truro Registration District. He moved to Barnsley in Yorkshire and worked as a milkman. He was listed in the 2004/5 Electoral Register as living at 40 Spring Street, Barnsley.

David moved back to Cornwall. He was a very good golfer (2 handicap) and played at the Perranporth Golf Club. He took part in the Cornwall Amateur Championships in April 2008.

The following item appeared in the online newspaper “This is Cornwall” on 19 January 2009.

“Police are appealing for witnesses, after a 35 year-old man died following a road crash in the early hours of Saturday morning. The Fraddon man, who has been named locally as David Ivall, was the sole occupant of a silver Peugeot 406, which overturned on the A30 eastbound carriageway near Summercourt. Emergency services were called to the scene and the man was taken to the Royal Cornwall Hospital at Treliske, where he later died. No other vehicle was involved in the crash, which took place around 1.50am.”

Tributes left on the website included

“Top lad and golfer, he will be missed greatly”

“Dave was such an incredible guy, there's none like him! He was like a dad to me AND a best friend, he became a part of our family. He had so much planned with us that he was really looking forward to. We'll miss Dave soo much, he'll always be in our hearts.”

This item appeared on the Lasting Tribute web site :

IVALL. Tragically on Saturday, January 17th, 2009. David aged 35 years of Fraddon. Much loved Father of Ellie and Byron, beloved Son of Janet and the late Graham, Step-Son of Alan and dear Brother of Darren. Funeral service at the Trelawny Chapel, Penmount Crematorium on Friday, February 6th at 11.00 a.m. Family flowers only but donations in lieu for F.L.E.E.T. may be sent c/o The Funeral Director Andrew Henwood, 74 Edgcumbe Ave., Newquay. TR7 2NN.

The London Gazette dated 12 March 2009 contained a notice inviting anyone who had a claim against David’s estate to register it. David’s address is given as 34 Pedna Carne, Higher Fraddon, St Columb Major, Cornwall, TR9 6LF, his occupation as cleaning manager and date of death 17 January 2009.

An inquest was held in November 2009. The following report appeared in “This is Cornwall” : 

Death crash golfer was over limit

A PROMINENT golfer died after crashing his car while more than twice the drink-drive limit, an inquest heard. David Ivall, 35, from St Columb Major, was killed when his silver Peugeot 406 coupe overturned on the eastbound carriageway of the A30, near Summercourt. He was a well-known member of Perranporth Golf Club and a former member of Newquay Golf Club.

The court heard from Mr Ivalls' mother Janet Letcher, and his girlfriend Yasmin Carrol. Ms Letcher told the court: "10 years ago David moved to Barnsley with his partner and two children but the relationship did not last: He had to visit his children when he could. "David had been told he was going to lose his job at Tesco; but the only time I saw David down was when he wasn't able to see his children, and he was looking forward to seeing them at the time."

The victim's GP told the court David had no health problems but had requested a vasectomy fairly recently. His girlfriend of eight months said Mr Ivall had been due to meet her on the night of his death, but then made other plans. She last had contact with him at around 9.30pm.

Pal Russell Withers, a childhood friend, told how on the night of the tragedy the pair of them had been out drinking, first in Perranporth then later at Truro's L2 nightclub. He said Mr Ivall was expecting to lose his Tesco job as a cleaning manager but was 'upbeat' about events as he did not get on with his boss. Mr Withers told police his friend parked his coupe outside his home at around 10.15pm in anticipation of staying over after the night on the town. In the event he lost touch with him in L2 and found out on his return home from another friend staying at the house that Mr Ivall had apparently left in the early hours, sending him a text reading: 'Hey mate, see you soon, x.' He recalled: "I found this strange as he would not normally text me at the end of the night."

Delivery driver Craig Crosbie came across Mr Ivalls' overturned car in the left hand lane of the A30, just before Summercourt, in the early hours of January 17. Seeing Mr Ivall's body thrown clean of the car, he rang 999 and later helped paramedics lift the victim onto a stretcher. A group of friends from RNAS Culdrose also stopped and tried their best to help Mr Ivall.

Although apparently breathing when found, Mr Ivall died later at the Royal Cornwall Hospital at Treliske of multiple injuries. A post-mortem examination found his blood alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit. Crash investigator Nick Bloomfield said the car's front brakes were worn, the driver's seatbelt was not attached, and Mr Ivall had sent texts from his phone at 1:43 and 1:45am. He explained: "The most probable cause of the collision is that he fell asleep at the wheel due to his inebriated state."

Coroner Dr Emma Carlyon recorded a verdict of accidental death. She said: "The pathologist concluded the drink-drive level would have significantly impaired cognitive function. Lack of sleep and intoxication and the use of a mobile phone are possible causes of loss of control. This was a tragic accident."

Mr Ivall's family chose not to comment after the hearing. In a statement they said: "David will be sadly missed by his two children, Ellie, 12, and Byron, 10, his mother Janet and brother Darren."

William David Ivall (1898-1927), photographer.

William David Ivall was a great grandson of David Ivall (1795-1850), the highly successful coach maker who was a brother and business partner of my ancestor Thomas Ivall (1781-1835). David left £5,000 (a substantial sum of money then) to each of his six children when he died. The youngest was Albert Ivall (1839-97), who lost most of his inheritance between 1861 and 1871, when he was a farmer. He was declared bankrupt in 1875 following a court case brought against him by the Mayor and Corporation of Hastings (see my item on Albert’s life for more details). Albert’s youngest son was Harry Ivall (1869-1935), who married Emily Ann Carpenter (1862-1942) in 1896 in Hemel Hempstead, where Emily was born. They moved to Upton Park, West Ham where they had three children, Hilda Maria (born 1897), William David (born 1898) and Harry Robert Ivall (b1905).

The 1901 census shows Harry (32, a draper’s assistant), Emily (36), Hilda (3) and William (2) Ivall on a visit to the house of Emily’s parents William (62) and Rosina (68) in Hemel Hempstead. In 1911, William Ivall (aged 12) is listed as living at 35 Selsdon Road, Upton Park, West Ham (a property of 6 rooms) with his parents Harry (41, a draper’s assistant) and Emily (45), siblings Hilda (13) and Harry (6) plus grandmother Maria Ivall (70).

William was too young to join the army in 1914, when war was declared. The Military Service act came into force in March 1916. This introduced conscription for single men aged 18 to 41. William’s army record can be viewed on the Ancestry website. It shows that he completed his Attestation Form on 11 September 1916, aged 17 years 11 months. He was unmarried, a photographer, living at 35 Selsdon Road, Upton Park. His height was 5 foot 6¾ inches, chest 33½ inches. He was mobilised into the 19^th Training Reserve Battalion on 12 March 1917 and posted to France on 17 October 1917, where he was allotted to the King’s Royal Rifle Corps. On 3 May 1918 he was admitted to Sutton Veny Hospital, near Warminster in Wiltshire. He was granted a furlough (leave of absence) from 19 to 29 June, returning to his unit on 30 June 1918.

William was not demobilised from the Army until October 1919, after 2 years 227 days service. He was assessed as 30% disabled from the effects of trench fever and granted a payment of 12s 0d per week for 26 weeks. Trench fever was first reported on the Western Front in December 1914. Incidences of trench fever continued to grow throughout the war. It attacked all armies and until the final year of the war, baffled doctors and researchers.  Chief symptoms of the disease were headaches, skin rashes, inflamed eyes and leg pains. Despite such wide-ranging symptoms, the condition was not itself particularly serious, with patients recovering after five or six days although prolonged hospitalisation amounting to several weeks was common. In military terms, however, it proved one of the most significant causes of sickness. In 1918 the cause was identified as excretions from lice. The disease was transmitted via the bites of body lice.

Records at The Wellcome Library indicate that William was employed as a photographer at The Wellcome Bureau of Scientific Research (WBSR) in London, before the war. His job was to take photos for scientific purposes in connection with the museum of tropical medicine and hygiene for a salary of 30 shillings per week. In March 1919, the WBSR wanted to re-employ William in this role at 50 shillings per week. However, he was not released from the Army in time and the post was filled by someone else. Rifleman W Ivall 204142 was then in 5th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps, R.G.A. Barracks, Sheerness.

The 1921 census shows William living with his family at 35 Selsdon Road, Upton Park. The household consisted of Harry Ivall (aged 52, a draper's assistant with McKay and Ryland Drapers, 243 Whitechapel Road), Emily (54), William (22), Harry (16) as well as Maria Ivall (81, Harry's mother) and a boarder. William's occupation was as a photographer with Burroughs Wellcome, Chemists at Snow Hill Buildings, London E6.

A 1925 London directory lists William Ivall, photographer, at 35 Selsdon Road, Upton Park. 

In the second quarter of 1927, William married Dorothy Frances Henderson in West Ham. He was aged 28, she was 21.

William and Dorothy

(photo kindly supplied by Dorothy's great grandson Mark)

William died in September that year, in Romford, Essex of a throat tumour and was buried in grave 76/319 in Manor Park Cemetery, East London. His tombstone is inscribed :

In loving memory of my dear husband William David Ivall, who passed away 23^rd September 1927 aged 28 years. If my love could have saved thee, thou wouldst not have died, but God knows best.

Photos of William's grave
(kindly supplied by Shelley Williams)

The cemetery records give William's last address as 64 Glenham Drive, Ilford. There is no record of probate being granted on his estate.

Dorothy married Edward A Gaston in 1944 and died in 1962.

Harold Victor Ivall (1900-85), engineer

Harold Victor Ivall was a great grandson of David Ivall (1795-1850), the highly successful coach maker who was a brother and business partner of my ancestor Thomas Ivall (1781-1835). David left £5,000 (a substantial sum of money then) to each of his six children when he died. The youngest was Albert Ivall (1839-97), who apparently lost most of his inheritance between 1861 to 1871, when he was a farmer. He was declared bankrupt in 1875 following a court case brought against him by the Mayor and Corporation of Hastings (see my item on Albert’s life for more details). His eldest son was Albert Ivall junior (1862-1905), the father of Harold. This profile of Harold’s life contains information and photos supplied by one of his daughters.

In 1891, Albert Ivall junior married Clara Amelia Stock in Poplar, East London. They had six children, namely Mabel Edith (1892-1963), Ethel Clara (1893-1959), Albert Clifford and David William (twins born in 1896 who both died in 1897), Harold Victor (born 7^th December 1900) and Albert Edward (1902-1987). Harold was born at 10 White Post Lane, Poplar, the address of a grocer’s shop run by his father. The site of this building (which no longer exists) was near Hackney Wick tube station, just to the west of the Olympic Park. Harold was baptised on January 6th 1901 at St Mark's Church, Victoria Park.

The 1901 census shows Albert Ivall (aged 39, a grocery and provision dealer), his wife Clara (33) and children Mabel (8), Ethel (7) and Harold (4 months) plus a domestic servant living at 10 White Post Lane.

Albert Ivall (Harold’s father) died in 1905 aged 43 of “phthisis”, another name for tuberculosis. His will left his entire estate (£608 net) to his wife, Clara. She managed to get Harold and Albert into an orphanage school at Wanstead, on the edge of Epping Forest. Entry was by election only. These were normally held in a tavern in Fleet Street or Ludgate Hill and at The London Tavern in Bishopsgate Street. The 1911 census shows Harold (aged 10) and Albert (8) at the school. It was renamed Royal Wanstead School in 1939 and closed in 1971. The school building is now Snaresbrook Crown Court.

Harold Victor Ivall in 1919 (aged 18)

Harold’s mother (Clara) moved to Sussex. Trade Directories for 1909, 1911 and 1913 list her under the heading “Apartments” and give her address as 29 Gensing Road, St Leonards, Hastings. In 1916 and 1920 she is listed as a dress maker at 100 Burford Road, Nottingham. 

The 1921 census shows Clara (aged 53), Harold (20), Albert (18) and a boarder living in 6 rooms at 56 Noel Street, Nottingham. The occupation of both Harold and Edward was "Engineer turner", their employment being "Government instructional" at Basford, Nottingham. Harold is shown as out of work, so presumably he had completed his training course but not yet found a job. Electoral registers for 1922 to 1924 show Harold and Clara living at 56 Noel Street.

Harold married Lily Elizabeth Richards at Hyson Green parish church, Nottingham on August 2^nd 1924. The marriage certificate says that he was aged 23, an engineer’s turner, living at 56 Noel Street, Nottingham. She was aged 22, a daughter of Arthur Richards, a miner. Harold and Lily set up home at 160 Vernon Road, Nottingham and their first daughter, Beryl was born in 1926. In 1927 they moved to 164 Vernon Road, where they lived until 1931, when they moved to 422 Perry Road, Nottingham.

Lily Elizabeth Ivall nee Richards

The depression in the 1930s meant that Harold was out of work.  He and his wife, Lily, moved to Leicester where they ran a fish & chip shop, which was very successful.

Later in the 1930s Harold & Lily returned to Nottingham, where Harold went back into engineering. Their second daughter was born in 1934. Lily opened a millinery business (she was a trained milliner). The business did well and she ran it until they both retired. A 1941 directory has an entry for Mrs Lily Ivall, milliner, 28 Alfreton Road, Nottingham.

The 1939 national register shows Harold (a lathe turner), Lily (a milliner) and Beryl (at school) living at 1 Avondale Road in Carlton, a district of Nottingham. 

Sadly Harold's eldest daughter Beryl died of toxaemia (blood poisoning caused by bacterial toxic substances) in 1942 aged 15. Harold's mother died in 1947 aged 79 in Nottingham.

Lily and Harold Ivall in 1955 at their second daughter's wedding

Harold was keen on sport. In his younger days he was very good at cricket. He also liked football, and on Saturdays went to Nottingham Forest one week and Notts County the next. His other hobby was fishing and he was a member of Nottingham Anglers, where he enjoyed the companionship and competition. According to his son-in-law, Harold had a very cheerful personality. He was a 'people person' with a good sense of humour. He enjoyed 'banter', especially with his brother Albert.

In 1963 Harold and Lily had a bungalow built in Fiskerton, Nottinghamshire in which they enjoyed their retirement. Harold’s wife Lily passed away in 1973 aged 71. After she died, Harold bought a flat at 114 Westdale Lane, Gedling (near Nottingham) to be nearer to his family He died on May 25^th 1985 aged 84 in Nottingham. Lily, Harold and their daughter Beryl are buried in a grave in Northern Cemetery (Bulwell), Nottingham.

Harold's grave